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English 26 Public

Key post-World War II developments in Georgia and the Civil Rights Movement

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What did Georgia do in 1956 to protest school integration?

Change the state flag

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What did the state of Georgia incorporate into the Georgia flag as a form of protest in 1956?

The Confederate Battle Flag

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What was Martin Luther King's occupation/job?

Pastor

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What did Brown vs. Board of Education decide?

Segregation was unconstitutional

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What Supreme Court case did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?

Plessy v. Ferguson

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This event was considered a turning point for the Civil Rights Movement, with 250,000 in attendance?

March on Washington

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What speech did Martin Luther King, Jr. give at the March on Washington?

"I Have a Dream"

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Who was the last openly segregationist governor in GA, whose restaurant was shut down?

Lester Maddox

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How did schools change as a result of Brown v. Board of Education?

Integration

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was the first president of this organization that helped organize civil rights protests?

SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

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What student group conducted sit-ins and "freedom rides" throughout the south to protest segregation?

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

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Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Lyndon B. Johnson

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What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s four pronged approach to gaining civil rights?

Nonviolent protest, Legal Action, Ballots, Economic Boycotts

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Why did Georgia change its flag in 1956 to include the Confederate Battle Flag?

To protest Brown v. Board of Education

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What was the goal of the Sibley Commission?

To find out how Georgians felt about segregation

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What was the goal of the Albany Movement?

To end all types of segregation in Albany, GA

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